New TURBO Falcon...

[Pva_Glue]

1st time seen on road XR6 turbo falcon

They looks alright...

They go alright...

How much potential do they have?

cheers

Joe

[2rismo]

LOTS!

DOHC, 4.0l 6-pack with a restricted and underloaded turbo and motor...

BIG things will be made from this platform!!

A mate just received his after a delay with the sunroof and a crack in the windscreen which was replaced before delivery.

Click here to see the professional shots he had taken the other night.

AWESOME!

[hippy]

i heard that it has no potential ... ie you can't do much more to it to get more power ... its just what i heard ... can someone verify this??

[jmp]

Apparently it has a very restrictive airbox and exhaust.

Also runs a very low boost level from factory and that the engine cuts if it detects a raise in boost ?

Just need some aftermarket equipment into it

[Tosh]

6psi from a GT3040 is ridiculous!!!!

[Pva_Glue]

Only time will tell...

[GTS-t VSPEC]

Guys,

They wound the boost down on the turbo to prevent the power exceeding the XR8. They did this because otherwise no-one would buy the V8. I have heard it has serious potential, at the factory they pushed over 300kW at the flywheel during testing. Factory skylines come with restrictive airboxes and exhausts, to meet EPA, but it doesn't take much to replace them.

I think we are in for many years of fun racing these down at the drags.

See'ya:burnout:

[2rismo]

Apparently it has a very restrictive airbox and exhaust.

It has a restrictor on the turbo as well which can be removed. Aftermarket companies in this country are falling all over themselves to develop this car. ANYONE that says this car has no potential is not thinking straight!

It's the same as saying that, "because of the way a factory r33 ecu retards the timing when boost is increased, it's not worth developing the rest of the car". How many of us here have aftermarket ECU's?!?!?

ridiculous! not a shot at what you said, just that i'm sick of hearing bullsnot being thrown around on this subject.

Lets think about it: Change exhaust, remove inlet restrictor and other restrictions, up the boost, BANG 300kW !!!

That's potential in my book!

[GTS-t VSPEC]

I agree with 2rismo, the performance shops already have parts ready to bolt-on and can't wait to replace the engine management systems, the potential will be awesome.

Aslong as they can fix the problem of the side airbags going off, casue that would be a bitch if your racing and the airbags blew up.

See'ya:burnout:

[deesh]

they need to reduce weight though, 1750kg is just too heavy.

[GTS-t VSPEC]

Deesh,

If you wanted a drag or race car then I would agree with you, but these aren't intended for that purpose. They are a luxury sports saloon, and therefore have to have all the goods that people expect these days.

I'm sure if you stripped it then you could loose 300+kgs.

See'ya:burnout:

[Gradenko]

Luxury sports baboon or not, 1750kg is too heavy for me.

I can't wait till people start modifying these. I hear their manual gearbox is pretty close to its torque handling limits...

[cereal]

The stock intercooler on these things is pretty large......They could turn into the next VR4 cooler......

[Blitz]

doubtful, availability wise anyway, it will be a long time before they are wrecking these cars..

[2fardown]

These cars have just over 200kw at the wheels straight out of the box. I point your attention over to this thread on performance forums http://board.performanceforums.com/forums/...readid=67137695

Very impressive. And for those people complaining that it weighs to much...go buy a mini or something.

[lowlux]

these things DO! have a crapload of potential,only thing is that i dont think the tranny is gonna hold up to much abuse,as thereve already changed 400 auto's out of the first batch made,and even the 5 speeds are going aswell, but there are strengthing them.

Also i have heard from a mechanic that words at Fords in broadmedows in the warranty/workshop that the only problem is the crank,rods etc and to get the power out of these things and to still be reliable all these things will have to be changed

[hako]

potential = heaps

dad had one for a week - i was very impressed

only dilemma i can see is the gearbox/diff

it only had 5000kms

but there was already big driveline snatch

and 3rd synchro was crunching

[Guest MRE]

Car+Mods=no warranty.

[2fardown]

Originally posted by MRE

Car+Mods=no warranty.

Umm so? This thread is about the XR6 Turbo.

[Pva_Glue]

I said it before and I say it again!

ONLY TIME WILL TELL!

cheers

Joe